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The Mizkan Group’s $2.15 billion acquisition of the Ragú and Bertolli brands from Unilever has some parallels with Suntory Holdings Ltd.’s purchase of liquor maker Beam Inc. earlier this year. Like Suntory, Mizkan is a privately held company run by a founding family that is looking to expand abroad given the scant prospects for significant growth in its saturated and aging domestic market.

Mizkan, which has about 2,900 employees, owes much of its contemporary success to the global popularity of Japanese cuisine. That’s because it makes rice vinegar, one of the key ingredients for making sushi and the company’s core product for more than two centuries. Read More »

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